For non-Britons living in U.K., price of residency gets heavier - Print Version - International Herald Tribune: "LONDON: Caryn Radlove was looking forward to becoming a British citizen, gaining the right to vote and the flexibility to move her young family back and forth to the United States, her home country, in response to career demands.
Now, hit by whopping increases in the fees that Britain charges immigrants seeking residency, visas and citizenship, she is putting those plans on hold.
The price tag for naturalization more than doubled in early April to £575, or $1,135, from £200, part of a wave of steep increases in fees to immigrants. The biggest rise was in the cost of the long-term residency permit, known here as indefinite leave to remain, which rose to £750 from £335. Same-day service for the permit costs £950, compared to £500 before the change."
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that's huge!!!
who can imagine paying one-month salary for the rights to stay and there are chances you may not get it if they think you are suspicious.
Ironically we are convinced living in a global village but the truth is wealthy developed countries now close their gate defending their economical and political rights.
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